Before purchasing this item I read some other reviews and encountered the same issues. The screws for the top bed were pre screwed into the bed which was nice until we realized they were positioned too far out from the center to be able to just screw into the pole. We had to take the screws out and create new holes ourselves so that we could attach the top bed to the pole. I ordered beige and got more of a brown color but it did say in the product description that the color may vary from the picture shown. I will say my cat absolutely loves her new cat condo but I don't think I would order this same one again.